Vehicle-top.



PATENTED FEB. 17 1903.

L. BROGKMEYER.

VEHICLE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

I0 MODEL.

we NORRIS PETERS no. mcwaumm,

11%. 721,007. PATENTED FEB. 17,1903.

L. BROGKMEYER.

VEHICLE TOP. v APPLICATION rnasn SEPT. 23, 1902.

10-110mm. 2 snsms-snnm 2.

UNITED STATES ATnNT @rricn.

LUDWIG BROCKMEYER, OF OSNABRUCK, GERMANY.

VEHICLE-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,007, dated February17, 1903.

Application filed September 23, 1902. semi No. 124,493. (No model-3 T0aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUDwIo Bnocmnnvnn, carriage builder, a subject ofthe King of Prussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at 8 Haken street,Osnabriick, in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvemen its in Vehicle-Tops, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

ilhis invention relates to improvements in hoods or covers for carriagesand other vehicles, its object being to provide improved mechanism whichwill not rattle and which is eiiective to secure the hood when in araised position, and by means of which the hood may be readily raised orlowered by the occupants of the vehicle when the same is in motion;

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices hereiuafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved carriage-top mechanism, showing the same in the positionassumed thereby when the top or hood is lowered. Fig. 2 is a similarview, partly in section, of the same in a raised position. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the carriage hood or cover, in raised position,provided with my improved mechanism.

In the drawings, 0 indicates a support, the upper end of which isslotted and which is adapted to be secured on one side of the seat orbody of the vehicle, as shown. In the slot or bifurcation at the upperend of the support is seated the lower pivotal end of the carrier b, towhich the front bow of the hood or cover is attached and which ispivoted to the support a by the bolt n. The said carrier 12 has arearwardly-extending arm 2', provided near its extreme rear end with aslot is, and said carrier is further provided at its lower pivotal endwith an eccentric cam 12. support a and carrier 1; have coacting stopsm, which engage each other when the hood.

is raised. To the rearwardly-extending arm '5 of the support arepivotally connected the lower ends of a plurality of metallic straps g,which serve for the pivotal connection of the hood hoops or ribs to thesaid carrier 19.

Between the arm 2' of the carrier 1) and the The support a there isdisposed a stay d, which has at its lower end a pivot-pin e, which isfree to play in a slot 0 with which the support a is provided, whichslot is substantially radial with reference to the pivot n. The lowerend of the stay d bears against the occentric cam b, and the upper endof said stay is free to operate in the slot is of the carrierarm 2'. Onthe said stay and bearing between the enlarged lower portion thereof andthe arm '6 of the carrier h is a spring f, which is here shown as acoiled extensile spring and which bears upwardly under the arm 'i tomaintain the carrier 5 in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 when thestops m are in contact with each other and the cover or hood is raised.

When the cover or hood is lowered, the eccentric cam b enables the pivote and the stay d to move forwardly in the slot 0- aud decreasesthetension of the spring f. When the hood is raised, the lower end ofthe said stay is moved rearwardly by the said eccentric cam, as will beunderstood, and the tension of the said spring f increased. The springby bearing constantly between the enlarged head at the lower portion ofthe stay and the arm 6 of the carrier b at all times can 'erts pressureon the said stay and on the eccentric cam, with which the lower end ofthe stay is in constant engagement, and prevents rattling of the pivotalconnections e and it.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of myinvention will be apparent, it is thought, without requiring-a moreextended explanation.

vVarious changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is- 5 In a deviceof the class described, the combination of a support and a carrierpivoted thereto, the latter having a rearwardly-extending arm i and aneccentric cam b at its lower portion, and said seat-support having aslot a substantially radial t0 the pivot, a stay havengagement with saideccentric cam, substaning a pivot movable in said slot, having itstially as described. 10 lower end in engagement with the said cam Inwitness whereofIsubscribe my signature and having its upper end extendedthrough in presence of two witnesses.

5 a slot in the carrier-arm L, and a spring car- LUDWIG BROOKMEYER.

ried by said stay and pressing upwardly on Witnesses: the saidcarrier-arm, said spring maintaining F. A. BRYCE,

the pivotal portion of said stay in constant C. DIEDERIOH.

